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ho-hum, int.|ˈhəʊhʌm|
[f. ho int.1 + hum int.]
= hum int. (usu. as an expression of boredom). Also as n. and v. As adj., dull and routine.
1924Dialect Notes V. 270 Oh ho hum (vex[ation] or dis[gust]). 1962Listener 4 Oct. 536/3 Listing last week's dramas I find scarcely enough straw to make a useful brickbat:..the return, ho-hum, of Maigret. 1962John o' London's 10 May 460/3 Mr. Ustinov sits there..blinking, double-talking and ho-humming. 1963M. Duggan in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 101 His mouth served out its lying old hohums. 1969Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 27 Sept. 2/3 People are pretty ho-hum on most parts of the [Vancouver] Island right now..but if anything does happen, they will be the first to cry for damages. 1973Jewish Chron. 19 Jan. 14/1 So the Composers' Guild of Great Britain wants the Arts Council to twist the arms of orchestral managements to make them perform more works by British composers. Ho-hum. |